The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03
. pleasant memory Of me after I am

YOU IculdIhihA nDOub NY iDohlt
Nothing bat the truth; the paper is
soiled, the ceiling smoky, the furniture
miserably shabby. Now let me re.
model it, wiz your"
Her uncle looked at the earnest face
for a moment.
es'Not nice enough for a vislt?n
Eyes, indeed, Uncle Toni My visit
will be over by the time / get the room
arranged, but l should know you will
have a nice, cheerful library the CON-
ing winter"
Commence then at once IL you are
so anxious for me to be comfortable.
But you need not do the work yourself;
just oversee, and have it done good
and substantial, keep an accurate &C.
count OF all expenditures
~ wiIl,o answered Kate. sand IL
| please you in this, may I refurnlsh
your own room and make 1t look bright
and cheerful?"
''We'll see." he answered, as be left
the library, saying to himself, ''There
Is something in that girl l do not
understand"
BY noon Katie had the old paper off
the walls. with the help Of M Of the
servants, and then went TO the city for
painters, paper, carpet and all the
things she needed. Her uncle told her
10 please herself. She only stipulated
for him not to enter the room until all
was completed.
How Katie did work and planl And
when all was finished a bright fire was
lit in the open fireplace. with its shin
ing brass andirons; a library lamp shed
its soft rays owe the long table; Uncle
Toms own bookcase, SO polished you
could eve have guessed it to be the
same, stood In Its usual place, a writing
desk stood near, filled with all neces-
sary articles, and in the cosiest corner
was placed an easy chair. a dressing =
gown was thrown across the back, and
a pair OF slippers On a soft rug In front.
Katie was p~rettlly dressed ''for the
opening" she said, as she came into
the dining-room.
sit is open sesame tonight. Uncle
Tom; no lingering at the tea-table."
Kate led the way. taking her uncle's
arm. and placed him in the easy-chair.
"Myl" he exclaimed. "Thls is
princely. Where am II You must
belong to the fairy clan, Katie"
"Only the fairy Of money, Uncle
Tom."
money!" exclaimed Clara. "We
shall all be 10 the poorhouse il things
go on at this rate"
I'VE ought to, said Uncle Tom. ''1f
we can't fix n room. Get your banjo,
little girl, If you are not too tired, and
play your liveliest music"
81 thought" said Katie, "you might
like to see the cost of my refurnishing."
II don't care for COST" he. an
swered. ~ shall give you one thousand
dollars IL the morning, and you can
pay all the bills and keep on rearrang-
ing, Katie"
"You are crazy, Uncle Thomasl"
whlned Clara, "That girl will bring
us to want, to absolute nayearty.n
.She will bring nee some comfort
what you never dfd-so please keep
quiet"
Clara saw for a moment herVortune
waverlng, and held her peace.
The next morning Uncle Tom was
up before Katie, seated in his easy
chair, with a bright fire, feeling like a
| king, he told her, as she entered with
her pleasant greeting.
Wdub 1Ou " hOpR OA hAAhBS
Katie. until the house is what it ought
to have been thirty years ago."
Clara was constantly finding fault
with the spending of so much money.
1.-THE beautiful home will be yours,
Clara" said Katie. "You know you
are Uncle Toms heiress; why should
you carer"
81 shall sell the old place at once
when it is mine and live in the city,
and this spending SO much money does
not suit me-"
'sWait until you get the Heights"
said Uncle Tom, coming in at that
moment.
Clara apologized, and said that Katie
was taking away the home look.
SIT is more comfortable" SAID her
uncle, "You let Katie alone; | will
take all the risks. Keep right on, my
little glrl; it suits me-"
rsForeign letters, Katie" said Uncle
Tom. as she came into the library one
morning, stfrom the son of my old
friend, Colonel Shepley. l was In the
East India trade with him for many
years, and finally sold out to HIM when
l bought the Heights. Do you remem-
Der the lad2 He was here on a visit
at the same time with yourself and
mother when you were a little thing"
Ralph Shepleyl" exclaimed Kate.
ST think I do" We did not harmon
ize," she said, laughing. she drowned
my doll, and then said he was only
trying to see il she could swim. l Vas
but a little thing then, but l remember
calling him a mergerer for drowning
my pretty Bessie. How / cried when
ever / thought of the ~drowningl He
bought me some candy, but l would
not take it, and refused to be COM
forted."
.sHis father died some years ago."
said her uncle, land Ralph has settled
up the business and Is coming home to
live. He will be In New York next
week. 1 shall write to him to come
TO the Heights at once, for l have a
sincere regard for the son OF my old
frieni, and want to see what kind of a
man he has made. Then perhaps he
and Clara might strike a bargain, and
il / liked him, 1t would be pleasant to
keep him neal me. Can you get the
house dxed. Katie? Don't spare the
money and don't work too hard"
"He is always planning for Clara
and thinking for her happiness; no
matter about me-" thought Katie.
ssBut I will go on, and his home shall
be fit to welcome any friend, no matter
how high his standing. l do wonder
if Ralph remembers that doll He was
real sorry, and we parted very good
friends, he promising to bring me
something splendid from that eastern
land. Has he forgotten itp" And all
daylthe words were in her heart.
In the evening Katie played and
sang her very best songs. and when
Uncle Tom had bale her goodnight he
laid his hand OH her glossy tresses.
saving she was the dearest little Katie
in the world, and he had written her
mother that very day for a frightening
of her visit.
Ralph Shepley had been in New
York one week when Uncle Toms
kindly invitation came. He answered
by telegram, "Wil come Tuesday even
ing train"